Metro Youth Network

Tito bringing the FIRE at the Midwest Prayer & Praise Night! On Friday, May 10, at the last Prayer & Praise Night of the 2019-2020 season (wuuuuut?!), Tito Rapley, of Raplee fame, brought a powerful message about being fake. Sometimes we're one person at school and with our friends, and a totally different person at church. Living like that is *exhausting*. Instead, we should live into the pattern and way of living God's created for us to live in (Romans 12:1-2). Enjoy the podcast!

Our churches need to be a safe place for our students, which is why our last Youth Leader Brunch of the 2018-2019 School Year was about Sexual Assault. We talked about consent, being whole persons, the difference between assertiveness and aggression, and so much more. Our guest, Roxanne Pennington, was INCREDIBLE.WARNING: This episode is about sex and sexual assault, so there may be some triggers in this episode for you. Take care of yourself, and dip out if you need to.

At Youth Councils 2019, our theme for the weekend was PEACE, and in Main Session 4, Josh Griffin talked about how one thing we can do to bring peace on earth is to make Jesus famous.

At Youth Councils 2019, our theme for the weekend was PEACE, and in Main Session 3, Josh Griffin talked about serving others.

At Youth Councils 2019, our theme for the weekend was PEACE, and in Main Session 2, Josh Griffin talked about the labels others give us vs the labels God gives us.

At Youth Councils 2019, our theme for the weekend was PEACE, and in Main Session 1, Josh Griffin talked about confession and accountability being the first step towards peace with God.

A number of weeks ago, we sat down with our guest speaker for YC 19, Josh Griffin. We talked about youth ministry, Josh's pivotal moments growing up, and the ever important debate - who's the GOAT of the NBA? For more info about YC 19, head metroyc.com!

A number of weeks ago, we sat down with our worship artist for YC 19, Sharon Irving. We asked her a range of questions dealing with worship leading, anxiety, and growing up on the South side of Chicago. We hope you get to know her a little bit before meeting her in person! For more info about YC 19, head to metroyc.com!

We had an incredible night at the Joliet Prayer & Praise Night last week. Justin Polsley preached a POWERFUL word from Mark 1 on the issues we hide from God. Remember, what you hide, God can't heal. If you happened to miss it, or want to hear the sermon again, we got you. Check out the podcast below in this post, or on Apple Podcasts. Also, to see photos from the night, click here!

We had an awesome time at the CFOT Prayer & Praise Night. Lt. Amanda Keene really poured into and empowered our students as she spoke on hearing from the Holy Spirit. If you missed out, listen to the podcast of the sermon below! We apologize for the audio quality. We'll get it right next time! To see photos of the night, click here!

If you missed the Youth Leader Brunch on January 14 about Immigration and Youth Ministry, check out the podcast! The lecture was given by Sara Aardema of World Relief Chicago.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. David Witthoff presented a workshop called "Autopsy of a Deceased Church", based on the book by Thom Rainer.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. David Witthoff presented a workshop called "Autopsy of a Deceased Church", based on the book by Thom Rainer.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. During the weekend, we had 3 young women share what REVIVAL looks like to them. Melissa Bledsoe shared, and started off by saying, "In the church we play too much." Let's go!

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. Sara Johnson from the Urban Mission Center in St. Louis came to talk about developing postures for a missional life. A key ingredient, we believe, to having REVIVAL become reality.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. Sara Johnson from the Urban Mission Center in St. Louis came to talk about developing postures for a missional life. A key ingredient, we believe, to having REVIVAL become reality.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. During the weekend, we had 3 young women share what REVIVAL looks like to them. We started with Future Brown, who shared a deeply moving poem.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. In the second main session, Captain Olivia Munn-Shirsath spoke on the story of Legion in Mark 5, and the various ways chains hold back revival from breaking through.

At the 2018 Young Adult Retreat, our theme was REVIVAL, and we looked at what it meant to have both a personal revival and a corporate revival in The Salvation Army. In the first main session, Captain Olivia Munn-Shirsath shared the story of Tabitha from Acts 9, and four different types of people in the story (the desperate person, the person doing acts of service, the person who's faith is being stretched, and the person ready to give up).

At the Rockford Tabernacle Prayer & Praise Night, Major Cyndi Shiels preached on our theme "Who Do You Say I Am?". Jesus asked the disciples this very question in an effort to get them to think through what they believed about Jesus. Who is Jesus to you? Listen in to go deep on the answer to this question.